I’ve had a few former guests burst into tears when I tell them this. Such is the magic of this property - the first one we ever renovated and which symbolizes my pivot from anxiety-riddled Oxford law student to well...everything that came after. The creation of our vacation rentals, our five years in Burgundy, Clémentine, my writing and books…

Are you an introvert or extrovert? Or a mix of the two? Getting sick forced me to get honest with myself about this for the first time in my life. That honesty has completely overhauled my approach to work…

I'm not even going to pretend that I'm not obsessed with the royal wedding. I bought a tiara headband a few days after Harry & Megan's engagement was announced and I plan to wear it for most of this weekend.

I don't know the weather situation where you live, but it's safe to say that Spring is proving to be an extremely tardy visitor in a good chunk of the world. Here in the Pacific Northwest people are getting rather sweary and belligerent about it (aka moi).

What a few weeks it's been. I jetted off with my family to Bermuda for eleven days and discovered a quirky country with the most sublime beaches and, crazier still, because it was still off season we had them mainly to ourselves. I felt like Robinson Crusoe...

I wrote this blog post to honour PSC Awareness week. This is my PSC & liver transplant story (so far). I hope sharing it will give other people hope and raise awareness for this rare disease. If you're mainly here for the francophile stuff you may want to skip this one. It is proof that life can get messy at times, but that sometimes those are the most revelatory times of all.